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SIGGRAPH Asia Previews Accessible to Wider Audience

Both the North American SIGGRAPH conference and SIGGRAPH Asia are well attended by international audiences, and though most attendees understand English, there is a difference between grasping a language and being fully comfortable digesting complex research in that...

Newly Formed Tehran ACM SIGGRAPH Chapter Flourishes

It's becoming evident that Tehran, Iran, has a vibrant computer graphics community. The Tehran ACM SIGGRAPH Professional Chapter, founded in the spring of 2014, is already hosting events that draw crowds of attendees. This month, Tehran ACM SIGGRAPH put on an...

ACM Transactions on Graphics Seeks Editor-in-Chief

ACM Transactions on Graphics is the foremost peer-reviewed journal in the field of computer graphics. The term of the journal's current editor-in-chief — Julie Dorsey of Yale University — is ending, and the ACM Publications Board has assembled a...

Submit Your Work to SIGGRAPH 2015

SIGGRAPH 2015 is the 42nd occurrence of the world's largest international conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. The conference and exhibition will take place in Los Angeles from August 9 to 13, and is expected to draw attendance in the...

ACM Turing Award Prize Quadrupled to $1 Million

The Association for Computing Machinery's A.M. Turing Award has been described as the "Nobel Prize of Computing," and is revered by many as the greatest honor in the field. Though highly regarded by computing professionals, the Turing Award comes with a...

Nominations Sought for Distinguished Artist Award

The ACM SIGGRAPH Distinguished Artist Award is given out once a year to an artist who has created a substantial body of work that significantly advances the field of digital art. ACM SIGGRAPH members are warmly invited to nominate individuals for the 2015...

Last Chance to Register Online for SIGGRAPH Asia 2014

SIGGRAPH Asia, Asia's largest and most respected conference on computer graphics, will take place this year from December 3 to 6 in Shenzhen, China. Online registration for the conference closes on November 20. Nearly 8,000 attendees from over 60 countries are...

Mortadelo and Filemon Film to Screen at SIGGRAPH Asia

Mortadelo & Filemon is a beloved Spanish comic book series about the slapstick exploits of two secret agents in the TIA (Técnicos de Investigación Aeroterráquea, a spoof on the CIA). This year, the series has been adapted to a feature-length computer animated...

An Innovative Evolution of the Persistence of Vision Display

By Cody Welsh At one time, the most common scene that a persistence of vision (POV) display was associated with was, perhaps, in the rear window of a vehicle – for fun, rather than function. These displays rely on the “afterimage” that appears to...

SIGGRAPH Asia Panels Explore the Evolution of Digital Art

SIGGRAPH Asia is teaming up with the Digital Arts Community of ACM SIGGRAPH for the 2014 Conference in Shenhzen. On December 6, 2014, the SIGGRAPH Asia Featured Sessions program will include two digital arts panels to open the current discourse regarding future trends...